Re: Disk spin down issue on shut down/suspend to disk

From: Michael Sedkowski
Date: Tue Aug 07 2007 - 05:18:56 EST


Dnia 07-08-2007, Wt o godzinie 15:56 +0900, Tejun Heo napisaÅ(a):
> 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age
> Always - 388
>
> I think this is the one. You can test it by forcefully powering off
> the
> machine (press power button for several secs or disconnect AC and
> battery) and see whether the count increases.
>
When I forcefully power off using the power button the raw value [last
one] rise by 1 point from 389 to 390. When I power off normally with
linux it remains constant.
Now could some one please explain to me what does that mean and am I in
danger of data loss?

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